Section 9-46-5 - Assessment of sidewalk costs against abutting property.
9-46-5. Assessment of sidewalk costs against abutting property. The cost thereof shall be assessed against the lots fronting or abutting upon the sidewalk so constructed, reconstructed, or repaired, as provided in this title or hereinafter provided. In estimating such assessment the entire cost of the improvement fronting on the property to be assessed shall be divided by the number of feet fronting or abutting on the same, and the quotient shall be the sum to be assessed per front foot against each lot so fronting or abutting.
Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art XVI, § 21; SL 1901, ch 75, § 1; SL 1901, ch 79, § 2; RPolC 1903, §§ 1309, 1542; SL 1913, ch 324; SL 1915, ch 110; RC 1919, § 6361; SDC 1939, § 45.1603; SL 1955, ch 207; SL 1963, ch 282.